Africa

Assortment of Early and Middle Stone Age tools found in the Olorgesailie Basin, Kenya. The tool at left is a hand axe.

Scientists Are Amazed By Stone Age Tools They Dug Up In Kenya

5:41pm March 15, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

The discovery suggests an earlier start to the Middle Stone Age in Africa than previously documented. It also offers clues to early social networks and symbolic art by human ancestors.

Residents wait to fill containers at a source for natural spring water in Cape Town, South Africa.

Health & Safety

Every Day Seems Like 'Day Zero' To Some Cape Town Residents

9:26pm March 13, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

A three-year drought has brought on water restrictions — and talk of "Day Zero," when Cape Town will run out of water. But for many people in the townships, a short supply is nothing new.

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Parents In Nigeria Asking How Boko Haram Succeeded Again In Kidnapping Schoolgirls

4:58pm March 13, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

In Nigeria, distraught families want to talk to the nation's president to press him to help find the 110 girls abducted from their school in the northeast three weeks ago. Many are asking how suspected Boko Haram gunmen have again succeeded in kidnapping scores of schoolgirls from their dorms — just four years after the mass abduction in Chibok.

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In a full-issue article on Australia that ran in National Geographic in 1916, aboriginal Australians were called "savages" who "rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings." The magazine examines its history of racist coverage in its April issue.

'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'

8:52pm March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Before it could publish an issue on race, the magazine first had to look at its own history. "Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless," writes editor Susan Goldberg.

World News

In Dapchi, Mourning After Mass Kidnapping Of Schoolgirls

5:49pm March 11, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Last month, 110 school girls were allegedly abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. The attack mirrors the high-profile mass kidnapping of girls from Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014.

Diplomacy And Damage Control: Tillerson Tours Africa After Trump's Comments

5:49pm March 11, 2018

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is on a five-country tour of Africa. NPR's Michel Martin asks Linda Thomas Greenfield, the former assistant secretary for African Affairs, about challenges he'll face.

Tillerson Addresses China's Growing Investment In Africa

5:49pm March 11, 2018

During his trip to Africa, Tillerson will address China's influence in the region. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the director of the China Africa Research Initiative, Deborah Brautigam.

Photographer Lorenzo Vitturi assembled this collage of products sold at the street market of Lagos Island, Nigeria, including the T-shirt that gave him the title for his new book: "Money Must Be Made."

Art Inspired By The Ingenuity Of Nigerian Street Vendors

5:09pm March 10, 2018

by Maanvi Singh

Photographer Lorenzo Vitturi was amazed by the "unstoppable" crowds, the energy — and the unexpected art in the street market on Nigeria's Lagos Island.

World News

Cape Town Delays 'Day Zero,' But Water Problems Remain

8:08am March 10, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

Fears of a Day Zero of empty taps in Cape Town, South Africa have mostly eased, but poor townships say they rarely have adequate water access.

A mural showing a teacher leading a young girl to school is riddled with bullet holes after an attack by Boko Haram militants last month. They attacked the Dapchi Government Girls Science and Technology College in northeast Nigeria.

World News

In Nigeria, Distraught Parents Demand Answers After Boko Haram Kidnaps 110 Girls

7:01pm March 09, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Boko Haram insurgents seized the girls from school last month. The kidnapping mirrors the mass abduction of Chibok schoolgirls in 2014. "I want to die, because I'm missing my daughter," a mother says.

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